Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

While neuroscientists have long defined addiction as a brain disease, tools to fight the U.S. drug crisis that is behind 100,000 overdose deaths a year have changed little in decades.

Worse, describing addiction as a chronic brain disease may increase stigma and pessimism, making recovery seem unlikely or out of reach. Additionally, research shows that addiction is not entirely ...

If referring to individuals as 'zombies' is not a dehumanizing way to describe someone suffering the brain disease of addiction, then please put me in my place. Geri-Lynn Utter Opinion contributor ...

Phone addiction rewires brain chemistry by lowering baseline dopamine levels, making normal activities feel boring and ...

Addiction seems to use similar brain pathways whether it’s linked to drugs or alcohol, and animal studies suggest such drugs can help treat it. But data from human trials are still scarce.

There is a lot of interest in the question of if too much sex, sexual desire, masturbation, or viewing of pornography is an addiction like to alcohol or cocaine. In fact, an early version of the ...

Researchers who study addiction suspect that the diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide may affect the brain in a way that could help treat substance use disorders. Sipa via AP Images Share this: ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used to treat movement disorders, epilepsy, and OCD. But does it work for addiction to opioids or other substances?

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke ...

THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING. Can Zapping the Brain Help Treat Addiction? A radical experiment uses focused ultrasound waves to reset cells inside the brain’s reward center to combat cravings ...